God Bless all who love the unshakable truth of our loving Creator.
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JOANNA SOUTHCOTT:Â HER LIFE AND
MESSAGE Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â (By my understanding---E.R.M.) The words in ( ) are mine,
so that I might bring a greater understanding). Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Thru a friend from Texas we have come
in contact with the writings of a lady whom we had never heard of. Since studying her writings we believe that
she was a lady of our race, and faith then we decided to see what her message
was to the nation of which she was apart, as well as to her race, at her time
of writing. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Joanna Southcott was born April 1750 A.
D. in the beautiful west country on a humble farm in the parish of Ottery, St.
Mary. She is described by those who
believed in her message as a woman of a race that bred men and women of blunt
honesty and great courage, tenacity of purpose, and deeply rooted love of
liberty, civil, and religious. Her family was an old and also a proud one and
having fallen on 'evil days,' had been reduced to farming on a small scale. Her
mother was a deeply religious woman and stated that she had great promise made
to her before this child was born, that she would be both a fighter, and a
prevailer. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Thus at the age of 18, then Joanna went
out into the world to seek her living. And she tells us that in
1792---"The Spirit of truth' visited her, and she began to write of the
things she thought were told to her by this 'spirit of truth'. She testified
that this 'spirit of truth' which came to her was in audible words, very
distinct as to what was to come upon the whole earth. She was commanded to
write of these things as the ‘Spirit of truth' dictated, but was forbidden to
publish them at that time. Thus she wrote and these writings were sealed and
witnessed and given into the care of friends, and then placed in a box at the
end of each year. She then wrote for nine
years in spare moments of a hard working life. She wrote also as a prophetess,
and her writings were to be understood in this manner. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Now it would take an open mind to
comprehend that this 'Spirit of truth' would come to speak to this young woman,
born of a poor family, and help her put forth these writings that were to warn
the whole earth that there would be a ‘second advent,' and that there should
over these 2000 years of history be warnings from our Heavenly Father that His
people were getting off the beaten path. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â But did not YAHSHUA say that as HE
left, HE would send the Comforter to help His people and that this comforter
would be 'The spirit of truth?’ (John 14:26)           "But the Comforter, which is the
Holy Ghost (spirit) whom YAHWEH will send in my name (YAHSHUA), He shall teach
you of all things, and bring all things to your remembrance of whatsoever I
(YAHSHUA) have said unto you." Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â I (Mrs. E.M.) I believe that you should
also read the next verse. "Peace I
leave with you, MY Peace (Understanding) I give unto you; not as the world
giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be
afraid.†          (Since the word Peace as written here
means Understanding, then it would not be an unheard of thing that this lady
would have some type of visitation where she was then able to hear voices, and
that she being on of the race as she believed, of the 'Woman of Revelation 12,'
could then put down her thoughts which later would disturb men of the Church of
England very much.) Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â As you read further in the chapter 14
of the writings of St. John, you understand that always before it comes to pass
our Heavenly Father tells his family here in earth so that when it comes to
pass-----"So that ye might believe." Thus the reason that HE was
sending this 'Spirit of truth' was because by foreknowledge HE knew that the
prince of this world (Lucifer, the devil) cometh and now he has nothing for you
that is from me.’ Thus we have always that warning that you are to be renewing
by the renewing of your mind. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â This then is why I am willing to search
for myself as to the writings of this lady, Joanna Southcott, and if I find
them enlightening I will pass them on to you as a matter of information, for as
you know from the book of Revelations, that the organization called the church
of today has been infiltrated, and the dogma changed over the years as prophecy
was fulfilled that there would be a great falling away, before the Great Day
when our savior once more stepped into the physical affairs of this world. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â (I was interested in finding out what
disturbed the church men of that time when her writings finally were published,
and why they were still disturbing them 100 years later as they were discussed
again. Then here we are again another 100 years later and now we are discussing
them to see what she had to say as to what the 'Spirit of Truth' had to say. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Today as knowledge comes forth like a
stream, we must keep in mind, that man made explanations of what the Spirit
alone can teach is not to be followed, for the things of the spirit ‘knoweth no
man.'Â Always those who maintained her
writings as 'truth' and I also believe that YAHWEH'S Word has always been
revealed to the seeking sons and daughters.Â
And as knowledge increases the hearts of His people find that the
'spirit’ in them glows again, and Christianity once again becomes a vital,
dynamic force, as the mantle of unbelief drops off forever. It is thru the understandings of the
writings of one guided by the 'spirit' within that recognizes what is written
by a son or daughter, given this 'spirit of truth' revealed by an Omnipotent
God. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Now some of the writings of prophecy
by Joanna had been printed, and, of course, some of her other thought had crept
in no doubt, and the Church fathers must have been turned off by what they had
read. But there was still those writings that were in the sealed box, that she
had left of her thoughts and knowledge as to what the 'spirit of truth' was
telling her to write, but not to print at that time. The 'Spirit of truth' had
said that men were to come and of these there would be an attorney, and 24
Bishops, or their Clergy representatives, and they were to be joined with 24
believers. And then the box was to be opened. And they were to for two days
examine the writings of Joanna Southcott, along with those things that had been
published which should help them understand better the content of the box. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â But before they came, the then Bishop
of Truro--one of the presidents of that congress remarked, ‘We are perfectly
willing to open the box, but we will not submit to the ridiculous conditions
one of them being that we must remain for six weeks to discuss the
content.’ This was of course untrue for
the proceedings were only to be seven days. This same Bishop then remarked,
‘Joanna Southcott is a piteous case for she is trying to create a New
Religion.’ (We would say that people of
today are hungry for truth, for the 'spirit' within the children of God know
that we as Christians have walked to far down the wrong road, therefore
something is very wrong.) Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â If a new revelation is given of God to
his people, and that visitation is rejected by the church, this teacher of
spiritual matters that rejection must mean a very real loss of spiritual power,
and if persisted in, must lead eventually to a dead church, which is the
tragedy therein. People today seek a living religion. Thus they feel today as
tho something is missing. And they break away and try to find soul satisfaction
elsewhere. We thus ask is it not time to move out of the kindergarten of
spiritual affairs, and to move on higher. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â As we remember that YAHSHUA said He was
going to ‘spit something out of His mouth,' you remember that it was the
apostate church that He was talking about, because as He said, “it was neither
hot nor cold.†          Now this was not the True Church of
which His family are all members. Thus,
we are interested in what has departed from the teaching of the church. Had actually departed as early as the early
1800's. Joanna believed in the
church and she had encouraged people to continue in the church to which they
belonged, and to try to bring back the teaching of the scriptures as delivered
by the Apostles. She seemed to just want them to look at what their church was
now teaching from the standpoint of 'the spirit of truth' which she thought she
was revealing. To this lady, Joanna Southcott, her heavenly Father had spoken
to her in a ‘still small voice.’ And she was commanded to put on paper those words.           None of her writings were printed
until 1801. And by that time her prophecies were already a matter of history,
for this was the years of Napoleon of France.Â
Thus it was not the prophecies that men of the church objected to, it
was her insistence that it was 'the spirit of truth' which delivered her now
printed words. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â In the first publication of her
writings "The Strange Effect of Truth," then friends and believers
had gathered around her against the attacks from the Church of England to which
she also belonged. Over the years, Joanna had
petitioned the Bishops and Clergy to search her writings. And if they could
prove there were not from the 'spirit of truth,' then she would consign them to
the flames. The clergy did not answer this challenge. They only condemned her position that these words came from the
'spirit of truth.'Â They were saying,
'would any truth come from an insignificant woman of a poor family?’--No.--All
should and would come from the head of the organized church which was they supposed
the spiritual center. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â This reminded people that this
question was also asked at the time of Christ----'Can anything good come out of
Nazareth?’ For is it not recorded in
some peoples minds that Jesus lived in a carpenter's home, and never ventured
from there over 200 miles? Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Today, thus, we as were not the people
who believed the writings of this woman, are not afraid - ‘lest we see with our
eyes, hear with our ears, understand with our hearts and be converted and
healed.'Â We thus, investigate these
writings of Joanna Southcott, then it cannot be said that we fear to find the
things that the 'spirit of truth' hath declared. For we believe the spirit which is in us can reach the spirit of
our Father which we possess. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â From this teaching of the 'spirit of
truth,' we then learn that the 'end of the world' is not the end of this our
physical world. Only the 'end of sin'
the ultimate defeat of death, hell, and the grave, thru the ultimate brightness
of HIS coming. The dawn of a new earth under the rule of the 'Son of Peace' who
will establish His kingdom in Righteousness. Then will the LORD walk again in
the garden in the cool of the evening with his sons and daughters, whose soul
hunger He will wholly satisfy, for HE will lead them in all truth even to the
innermost heart. For God hath revealed these things by His Sprit. For the spirit searcheth all things; yea,
the deep things of God.           (Now; we ask you. Is this not what we also believe? Thus, I will go thru the writings in these
ancient booklets, and as I come to some questions of interpretations of
scriptures, and when I find something interesting, I will share it with you, my
identify family.) Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â E.R.M.
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